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Acknowledgments

The League is also extremely grateful to the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for its support in helping to make this exhibition possible and to the Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning and the Department of Media Study, College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo for their generous support. And finally, the League expresses its gratitude to all of the individuals who participated in creating the commissioned projects that are the heart of this exhibition. Their work and ideas, talent and enthusiasm, have been inspiring.

Gregory Wessner, Exhibitions Director,
The Architectural League of New York.

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City of Seattle: Mayor's office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle Public Utilities, The Seattle Public Library.

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About the Architectural League

The mission of the Architectural League is to advance the art of architecture.

The League carries out its mission by promoting excellence and innovation, and by fostering community and discussion in an independent forum for creative and intellectual work in architecture, urbanism, and related disciplines. We present the work and ideas of the world's most interesting and influential architects and designers to New York, national and international audiences, through lectures, exhibitions, publications, and the worldwide web. We identify and encourage talented young architects, through competitions, grants, exhibitions, and publications. And we help shape the future of our built environment by stimulating debate and provoking design thinking about the critical issues of our time.